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Finally finished binge watching a beautiful political satire HBO series: "Veep". So, this is me, I avoid binge-watching. This is like getting into the trap of watching non-stop for 2-3 days. I get so into it that I become unaware of what is going on around me. This was my first series about politics. I am someone who would be miles away from the discussion about politics. Bores me to death! But this series caught my eye. Really good for someone like that. Too good comedy, perfect exaggerated acting, and all the "fuck ups" as Selena, the Veep says after most of her fuck-ups. Mike Mclintock, the PR person, I liked him rather competing with Sue for the number of steps in his Fitbit than a polished talk show host on TV. It is funny how I like Dan Egan running around finding insights or pushed out after he did his job. Dan's character I think lost its texture from season 4. Emy Brookheimer, oh I love her. The workholic like me except that I am definitely a little

On a gloomy Saturday here in Seattle, I pulled myself out of the bed and took a shared ride to a community work party at Beacon Hill. So I went to volunteer for Beacon Food Forest . I was happy finally reaching the destination and finding people around. So, yes this is my first - work party, gardening, community experience, non-Indian -- I was the only (actually 2 :P) Indian in a group of 100 (a real first). So yes thrilled to have come here. What did I do? Actively listened to basic dos and don'ts, 10 different team leaders and the projects they will lead us to. There was weeding, wall-building, workshop, medicinal plants etc. I chose the workshop. It was a environmental studies kind of classes out in garden. Studied many plants. Looked at an apple guild for the first time. A guild is a food forest with trees of different heights. eg: Apple at center, shrubs, strawberries etc. Then asked to identify and remove weeds from actually planted trees. Again some more listening alrea